Rail-anchor.



H. e. GILLMOR.

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3. 1915 Patented Bea 4, 191?.

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RAIL-ANCHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented magi, rail "r.

Application filed June 3, 1915. Serial No. 31,876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORATIO G. GILLMOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Tm rovement in Rail-Anchors, of which the ollowing is a specification, accompanied by draw- 1112's. j p t This invention relates to devices known as rail anchors,rail stays or antlcreepers and one of the objects is to provide a simple device which will prevent the longitudinal movement of "the rails of railways.

Other objects are to provide for the automatic tightening of the device when slight movements of the rail in relation to the device occur; to prevent the loosening of the device by any accidental cause; to provlde a rail anchor which may be readily removed if desired; and to provide a rail anchor which operates with the greatest efficiency under all conditions.

The invention is illustrated in one an bodiment in the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1, 2 and 3 are, respectively, a bottom view, a section at the plane indicated by X X in Fig. 1 and a side elevation, showing the device in operative position on the rail. Fig. 4 shows the method of applying the cross bar and Fig. 5 is a sectional view at the plane indicated by X X in Fig. 1 showing a position of the parts when bemg applied to the rail. Fig. 6 is a vlew of the cross bar and Fig. 7 a view of the tie engaging shoe.

Similar letters refer to similar throughout the several views.

In the embodiment of the invention illus trated in the drawings, A is the rail, B a cross tie, C a rail base engaging cross bar and D a tie engaging shoe. The cross bar C has at one end a aw E formed by overturning a portion F of the end of the bar. The other end of the cross bar C is formed with the arm G formed with surfaces H and I on the inside of G. The shoe D is provided with a surface K engaging the edge of the rail base when the device is in operative position and surfaces L and M to engage the surfaces H and I of the arm G of the cross bar C. The surfaces N and O of the shoe D, between which the surface K lies, are at an angle to the surface K. The shoe D is constructed with a stop P and shoulders Q and Q, the sides R and R of which parts next the arm G of the cross bar are beveled. The shoe D is base edge will just enter body ofvthe cross bar C. is then driven or between E and the The cross bar C- otherwise forced transversely on the rail to the position shown in Figs. 2 and 5 and in so doing the arm F yields somewhat and the edge of the rail base flange is firmly gripped in the jaw E of the cross bar C. With the cross bar C in this position the shoe D may be placed in the position shown in Fig. 5 with the surface L of the shoe D just beginnin to en gage with the surface H of the arm a of the cross bar and when in this position the shoe engages the rail base flange and fulcrums thereon at V. The shoulders Q and Q with their beveled surfaces R and It guide the shoe D on the arm G of the cross bar 0. The shoe Dmay now be forced to move angularly about the rail base, with which it engages at V, and the surfaces L and M of the shoe D are so formed and so placed in relation to the surface K and the fulcrum V that the forced angular movement of the shoe D will bring the surfaces L and M of the shoe D into full engagement with the surfaces H and T of the arm G of the crossbar G and will exert upon the cross bar a trans verse pull and at the same time draw the end G of the cross bar C upward and cause the cross bar C to press upward upon the rail base while pressing the surface K of the shoe D against the edge of the rail base when the operative position of the parts as shown in Fig. 2 is reached. The stop P on the shoe D coming into contact with the end of the arm G of the cross bar will prevent this forced angular movement from being carried too far. The forcing of the shoe D into position may be accomplished in several ways but it will to do this by tapping the upper end above the stop P with a hammer.

The direction in which the rail tends normally to move is indicated by the arrow in be found preferable the cross bar in the position shown the rail "carried forward with the rail in any further movement' of the rail and the cross bar C will generally provide sufficient frictional resistanceto hold the rail against forward is made to assume a position at an angle to the length of'the rail as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. The transverse and verticalpressure set-up as the shoe D is a forced into position, causing the surface K "of the shoe to be pressed strongly agalnst ,ithe' rail base edge and the cross bar to be pressed upwardly against the rail bottom movement once the portion T of the shoe is we'll in contact with the tie D. If, however, the resistance is not sufficient,'the slight angularmovement or skewing of the cross bar will greatly increase the pressure of the surface K of the shoe against the rail edge and so automatically increase the grip of the device upon the rail, and a very small movement of the rail in relation to the shoe D will be sufficient toso increase the grip upon the rail as to effectually withstand the forces tending to produce further movement. 7

It will readily be understood that if the rail, from any cause, moves backward it will carry with it the whole device and the portion T of the shoe D will leave contact with the tie. This will however not loosen ,the grip of the device upon the rail and even though the shoe be held in the ballast and prevented from backward movement with the rail the reverse movement of the rail will do no more than to tighten the device on the-rail in a ,manner to prevent further reverse movement. Moreover, the engagemen't of the shoe D with the rail and cross bar C 'isfsuch that vibration of the track and other causes cannot aifect the tightness of the parts or operate to detach the device from the rail.

It is obvious that various changes may be made in the structure described, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

1 desire, therefore, to cover in the appended claims whatever modified structures fall within the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A rail anchor, .comprising a cross .bar constructed with a jaw at one end adapted toengage oneside vof-a rail base and an upwardlyextending curved arm at the other her as to permit angular movement of said shoe about the rail base.

An anticreeper, comprising a cross bar engaging and gripping the rail base edge at one side of the rail, and a pressure producing part constructed so to engage the rail edge and said cross bar at the other side of the rail that rotational movement of said part about the railbase will force surfaces of said part into engagement with surfaces of said cross bar and thereby produce upward pressure of said cross bar upon the rail bottom.

4:. rail' anchor, comprising two rail gripping elements, one of which grips one edge of the rail base and extends transversely under the rail, and the other of which is provided with means for engaging a fixed portion of the road bed to prevent forward movement and is constructed to engage the other side of the rail base and said element first named and to be forced into position by angular movement about a longitudinal axis.

5; A rail anchor, comprising a rail gripping element engaging one side of the rail base and a part .so engaging the rail base and said gripping element at the opposite side of the rail as to be rotatable about the rail base for effecting the gripping action of said element.

.6. An anticreeper, comprising two rail gripping elements, one of which engages the rail base .at one side of the rail, extends vunder .the rail and is constructed to engage the other element at the other side of the rail, and one of which comprises an element which is formed with a tie-abutting portion and is constructed so to engage the rail base and said element first named that it may be forced into position by rotation about the rail base and thereby subject said first named elementto a transverse pull.

7. An anticreeper for rails, comprising a transversely extending part engaging the rail foot flange at one side of the rail, and a vertically extending part constructed to engage the edge of :the rail foot flange at the other side of the rail and arranged to be forced into engagement with the said transverselyextending part by rotation about the rail base.

rail base edge and said cross bar at the other side of the railthat it may be forced to move angularly about the rail base and thereby causedto exert transverse and ver tical pressure uponsaid cross bar.

9. A rail stay, comprising a transversely extending partengaging the rail foot flange at one side of the rail and an upwardly curved arm at the other side of the rail,

and a vertically extending part so engaging with said curved arm and the rail base edge that rotation of said vertically extending part aboutthe rail base will cause said trans- -versely extending part to grip the rail base and that longitudinal movement of-the rail in relation tosaid vertically extending part will produce angular movement of said transversely extending'part and automatically increase the grip of the parts upon the rail. i

10. A rail anchor, comprising a transverse element engaging the bottom and one edge of the rail foot flange, and a pressure producing part provided with a plurality of tie engaging portions arranged to be transversely rotatable about the rail base.

11. A rail stay, comprising a cross bar constructed to engage one side and the bottom of the rail base, and a shoe adapted so to engage the other side of the rail base and said cross bar that said shoe may be rotated transversely about a longitudinal axis when being forced into position and when in posit'ion permit angular movement of said cross bar in relation to said shoe.

12. In an anticreeping device for rails, the combination, with the rail, of a part engaging one edge of the rail foot flange, a cross bar extending beneath said flange and provided with means on one end thereof for engaging one side of said flange, means on the other end of said bar for engaging said part, the part engaging means being so arranged that said part is forced into position in engagement with the rail and cross bar by rotation about the rail base, and tie engaging means acting upon one end of said bar.

13. In a rail anchor, the combination with the rail, a shoe engaging one side of the rail base, a cross bar extending beneath the rail base and provided at one end thereof with a jaw engaging the other side of the rail base, means on the other end of said bar for engaging said shoe, the shoe engaging means and said shoe being so constructed that angular movement of said shoe about the rail base forces said shoe into engagement with said cross bar and produces a transverse pull upon said cross bar and a vertical pressure of said cross bar upon the rail bottom, and tie engaging means acting upon one end of said cross bar.

14. A rail stay, comprising a shoe engaging one side of the rail base and constructed with a plurality of tie engaging portions, and across bar extending beneath the rail base having at one end a jaw engaging the rail base and at the other end means for engaging pivotally with said shoe.

15. The combination, with a cross tie and f a railroad rail having a base flange, of an anticreeper engaging with the cross tie and comprising a bar extending beneath the base flange and having means on one end thereof for flange and a projecting part on the other side thereof outwardly of the other side of said base flange, and a shoe so engaging said base flan e and said )ro'ection that it ma a n be forced into position by angular movement about the rail base and cause said bar to exert transverse pressure against the rail base.

16. The combination, with a cross tie and a railroad rail having a base flange, of a rail anchor engaging with the cross tie and comprising a cross bar embracing the rail base at one side of the rail and a shoe at the other side of the rail, and a shoe so engaging the rail base and said cross bar that it may be forced into position by an gular movement about the rail base and thereby put a transverse and a vertical pull upon said cross bar.

17. A rail anchor, comprising a cross bar engaging the rail base at one side of the rail and extending beyond and above the rail base at the other side and a tie engaging pressure producing part so engaging the cross bar and the rail base that rotation of said pressure producing part about the rail base will cause said cross bar to grip the rail base and that longitudinal movement of the rail in relation to said pressure producing part will produce angular movement of said cross bar and automatically increase the grip of the parts upon the rail.

18. An anticreepcr, comprising a cross bar constructed to engage one side and the bottom of the rail base, and a shoe, provided with a tieabutting portion, adapted so to engage the other side of the rail base and said cross bar that said shoe may be rotated transverselv about a longitudinal axis when being forced into position and, when in position, permit angular movement of said cross bar in relation to said shoe.

19. A rail anchor, comprising two rail gripping elements, one of which is formed with means for engaging a fixed portion of the road bed, one of which comprises a member which engages rotatably one edge of the rail base, and the other a cross bar which embraces said member and the rail base.

20. An anticreeper, comprising two rail gripping elements, one of which is formed engaging one side of said base with a tie engaging flange, one of which consists of a cross bar which embraces the forced inbetween one end of said bar and the rail base by angular movement of said shoe about a longitudinal axis.

22. An anticreeper, comprising a cross bar constructed to engage one edge and the bottom of the rail base and a tie-engaging part constructed to be forced 111 between the other edge of the rail base and the cross bar by rotation about the rail base and thereby to draw oneend of said cross bar up against the rail bottom.

'23. A :rail anchor, comprising a transverse bar constructed to grip one edge of the rail base, and a member arranged to be forced in between the other edge of the rail 1 ,eaa-sea base and said bar by rotation of said member about the rail base, whereby said bar is subjected to a transverse pull, said member having a tie-abutting flange.

24:. A device for preventing the creeping of rails, comprising a cross bar constructed to engage one side and the bottom of the base of the rail, and a shoe arranged to be forced in between the other side of the rail and said crossbar to put transverse and vertical pressure upon said cross bar, said shoe having a tie-engaging flange.

An anticreeper, comprising a cross bar engaging the rail base at one side of the rail, and a part so engaging the rail base and the cross bar at the other side of the rail that angular movement of said part about a longitudinal axis will put said cross bar under stress and force said part into operative position, one of said elements being provided with means for engaging a fixed portion of the road bed.

H. G. GILLMOR. In presence of LEONA E. KIDwnLL, W. M. DAVIDSON.

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